On the Arctic Frontier

Ernest Leffingwell's Polar Explorations and Legacy

Janet R. Collins (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

306 Seiten

2017
Washington State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-87422-351-4 (ISBN)

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The Arctic would be Ernest deKoven Leffingwell's home during the early twentieth century. Concentrating on Alaska's north coast and what is now the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), he explored, studied, and mapped the challenging landscape between 1906 and 1914. Much of his success depended on the companionship and assistance of his Inupiat neighbors.Leffingwell first traveled to polar regions as chief scientist for the 1901 Baldwin-Ziegler Expedition. Although they failed in their quest to reach the North Pole from Franz Joseph Land, his participation prepared him for future endeavors. He experienced the dangers of living and traveling in extreme conditions, learned to operate delicate scientific instruments in freezing temperatures, and befriended fellow explorer Ejnar Mikkelsen.

Eager to investigate rumors of land north of Alaska, Mikkelsen and Leffingwell organized the 1906 Anglo American Polar Expedition. Supporters included geographic societies, Alexander Graham Bell, and John D. Rockefeller. Although the Arctic environment pushed the men to their limits, they were able to determine the edge of the continental shelf--a significant geographic discovery.

Laboring in the harsh climate of northeastern Alaska along the North Slope of the Brooks Range, the driven, risk-taking young geologist pioneered research in ground ice (often called permafrost), surveyed and documented the geography of the coastline and interior, observed birds, and collected wildlife specimens for the Smithsonian Institution and other organizations. His groundbreaking work continues to inform scientists and scholars today.

For Leffingwell's biography, author Janet R. Collins consulted his journals and professional reports, family papers and memories, and published and unpublished writings of Alice Barnard, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, and Ejnar Mikkelsen.

Along with her own passion for the Arctic, Janet R. Collins, former director of the Huxley Map Library at Western Washington University, has an undergraduate degree in geography and a master's degree in library science.

Preface

Introduction

Prologue

Chapter 1 To the Arctic: Leffingwell and the Baldwin-Ziegler ExpeditionChapter 2 Interlude: 1902-1906

Chapter 3 The Anglo-American Polar Expedition

Chapter 4 Winter Quarters at Flaxman Island and the Search for New Lands

Chapter 5 The Okpilak: "Place of No Willows"

Chapter 6 The Canning and Hulahula Rivers

Chapter 7 Return to the Canning

Chapter 8 The Return North, 1909

Chapter 9 Mapping Coastline and Mountains, 1910-1911

Chapter 10 Exploration of the Coastline Continues, 1912

Chapter 11 Return North on the Mary Sachs, 1913-1914

Chapter 12 Post-Arctic Life: 1914-1949

Chapter 13 The Later Years: 1950-1971

Chapter 14 Recognition

Epilogue

Appendix 1 Baldwin-Zeigler and Anglo-American Polar Expedition Members

Appendix 2 Timeline

Appendix 3 Okpilak Sledge Trip Equipment

Appendix 4 Okpilak Sledge Trip Food

Appendix 5 Selected Geographic Names

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	13.02.2018
Verlagsort	Pullman, WA
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	476 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
ISBN-10	0-87422-351-2 / 0874223512
ISBN-13	978-0-87422-351-4 / 9780874223514
Zustand	Neuware